STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- There’s a tree stump in New Dorp so large in size, it can hold garbage.

When the Advance visited what remains of a tree on Otis Avenue across from PS 41, a reporter spotted cans of beer and an ice cream cup inside of it, as if it was a trash container.

Staten Island community watchdog Phil Fox called it a “monster stump,” adding he’s never seen one quite that size.

“By allowing this condition to linger on, if and when pedestrians happen to trip and sustain an injury, they may have a cause for a civil suit citing lack of reasonable care and possible claims of negligence [by the city of New York],” said Fox, who estimates 500 stumps are scattered across the borough.